Roman Safiullin surprises Korda in the 2nd round to battle vs Popyrin at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Safiullin stuns Korda to take on Alexei Popyrin in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Sebastian Korda

Roman Safiullin upsets Sebastian Korda 6-2 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Rome on Friday. Safiullin will play against Alexei Popyrin in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 44 minutes.

Safiullin
Rome
Safiullin's Record

Roman added to his prize money € 21,790 after conquering this match. He has already won € 48,835 after this win. If he wins the next match, Roman will add € 36,065 to his earnings to get in total € 84,900 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Safiullin
Korda
Roman Safiullin
6-2 7-65
1h:44
Sebastian Korda
81
81
Total points
72
72
33
33
Winners
29
29
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
5
5
4
4
Double Faults
3
3
51%
51%
1st in
59%
59%
79%
79%
1st won
69%
69%
33/42
33/42
1st won
29/42
29/42
43%
43%
2nd won
38%
38%
17/40
17/40
2nd won
11/29
11/29
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
2/8
2/8
44%
44%
Won
25%
25%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Roman scored 81 points vs. Sebastian’s 72.

Safiullin

The Russian served extremely well to win 79% of the points (33/42) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 43% points (17/40) on his second serve. Safiullin won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Korda

On the other side, Sebastian was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Safiullin and Korda is 1-0 for Roman.

Draw and next match H2H: Roman Safiullin vs. Alexei Popyrin – stats

Safiullin will come up against Popyrin in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Roman Safiullin and Alexei Popyrin play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Safiullin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

Roman Safiullin Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Safiullin 6-2
SafiullinKorda
6
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
SafiullinKorda
6
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
SafiullinKorda
5
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
SafiullinKorda
4
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SafiullinKorda
3
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
SafiullinKorda
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
SafiullinKorda
2
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
SafiullinKorda
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
SafiullinKorda
1
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30

Safiullin enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Sebastian Korda in the 1st game (1-0). Roman managed to boost his lead after breaking Korda in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

The American was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-2 to 6-2.

The Russian converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (6-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Korda was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 62 points. Roman won 10 more points than Korda (36-26). Safiullin dropped 10 points on serve (21-10). on the other side of the net, Korda conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).

2nd Set -
Safiullin 7-6
SafiullinKorda
7
6
K
0
1
S
1
1
S
2
1
K
3
1
K
4
1
S
5
1
S
5
2
K
5
3
K
5
4
S
6
4
S
6
5
K
7
5
SafiullinKorda
6
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
SafiullinKorda
5
6
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
SafiullinKorda
5
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
SafiullinKorda
4
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
SafiullinKorda
4
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
SafiullinKorda
4
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
SafiullinKorda
4
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
SafiullinKorda
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
SafiullinKorda
3
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
SafiullinKorda
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
SafiullinKorda
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15

Safiullin got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Sebastian Korda in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Roman to win the set as the American found the way to break back in the 6th (2-4) and in the 8th (4-4) game. The Russian kept his focus before winning the set at the breaker at 5.

Anyhow also the American won 4 consecutive games from 1-4 to 5-4

Tiebreak

Safiullin won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Sebastian won 2 minibreaks in the 7th (2-5) and 11th (5-6) point.

Safiullin won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5

The Russian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, Korda converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 6th (1-4 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 40-A and 40-A).

They played 89 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Russian won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Sebastian (43-46). Roman surrendered 22 points on serve (28-22). On the other side, Sebastian conceded 15 points on serve (24-15).

1st
Safiullin
Korda
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Safiullin
Korda
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

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